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Pimba, South Australia

Field	Value
type	town
name	Pimba
state	sa
coordinates
coord_ref
pushpin_label_position	left
pop
established	9 July 2004 (locality)
established_footnotes
postcode	5720
timezone	ACST
utc	+9:30
timezone-dst	ACST
utc-dst	+10:30
dist1	441
location1	Adelaide
dir1	north
dist2	13
location2	Woomera
dir2	south
lga	Pastoral Unincorporated Area
region	Far North
stategov	Giles
fedgov	Grey
maxtemp	25.8
maxtemp_footnotes
mintemp	12.7
mintemp_footnotes
rainfall	182.2
rainfall_footnotes
near-n	Woomera
near-ne	Arcoona
near-e	Arcoona
near-se	Arcoona
near-s	Arcoona
near-sw	Arcoona
near-w	Glendambo
near-nw	Arcoona
footnotes	Location
Adjoining localities

| timezone-dst = ACST | utc-dst = +10:30

Pimba is a small settlement lying on the transcontinental railway line in the Australian state of South Australia. It lies at the junction of the Stuart Highway to Alice Springs and the road to Woomera, Roxby Downs and Andamooka. It is 441 km from Adelaide.

Pimba lies within the Arcoona pastoral lease, and is 6 km south of Woomera.

On the Stuart Highway, it is the only service centre between Port Augusta 175 km to the south, There is an iconic roadhouse, named "Spud's Roadhouse", which sells fuel and general shop items and meals and has accommodation.

Pimba was originally established as a construction camp for the transcontinental railway in the early 20th century and was retained as a railway siding. It is reported as being surveyed as a township during the 1960s and was gazetted as a locality in August 2004 under the Geographical Names Act 1991 with creation of boundaries along with the retention of the "long established name".

Great Southern Rail's Indian Pacific (running between Sydney and Perth) and The Ghan (running between Adelaide, Alice Springs and Darwin) trains still pass Pimba Siding but do not stop; both trains pass the town twice a week in each direction.

Pimba is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Giles and the Pastoral Unincorporated Area of South Australia.

References

"Search results for 'Pimba, LOCB' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Government Towns', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". South Australian Government.
(29 July 2004). "GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES ACT 1991 Notice to Assign Names and Boundaries to Places". Government of South Australia.
"Postcode for Pimba, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com.
"District of Giles Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA.
"Federal electoral division of Grey". Australian Electoral Commission.
"Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics WOOMERA AERODROME(nearest station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology.
"Communities (serviced by the Outback Communities Authority)". Outback Communities Authority.
[[Fairfax Media]], [http://walkabout.com.au/locations/SAWoomera.shtml "Walkabout: Woomera"] {{Webarchive. link. (2 January 2007 . Accessed 9 April 2007.)
"Pimba". Outback Communities Authority.

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